Autographic register



Nov. 10, 1942. SCHROEDER 2,301,644

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER 2 She'ets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 30, 1941 Patented Nov. 10, 1942 UNITED STATES AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Bernard A. Schroeder, Winnetka, 111., assignor to United Autographic Register 00., Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois Application August 30, 1941, Serial N0. 409,041

Claims.

This invention relates to autographic registers and more particularly to an improved register casing and initial feeding and aligning mechanism.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an improved feeding and aligning mechanism for initially advancing the stationery strips from under a tear-off bar so that they may be grasped and manually withdrawn until the next set of forms is in writing position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a stripper-member or bail which serves automatically to strip the stationary strips from register pins when the tear-off bar reaches its foremost position and to prevent the ends from reengaging' the same holes in the stationery as the tear-off bar moves rearwardly. The same stripper member may also serve to limit the forward travel of the tear-off bar in its normal tearing position.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved register casing wherein a removable tray serves to divide the register casing into a supply compartment and a record compartment, the record compartment being over the supply compartment and the tray being removable from:

the front of the machine between the supporting arms of the tear-off bar.

Another object of the invention is to provide an autographic register having a casing of simple construction which can readily be made of molded plastic material.

The invention is illustrated in a preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings in which- Fig, 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a register embodying the invention, taken as indicated at'line l of Fig. 5; Fig. 2, a fragmentary elevational view showing the tear-off bar in its normal, latched, tearing position; Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the tear-off bar unlatched; Fig. 4, a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view showing the tear-01f bar in the same position as in Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a transverse sectional view taken as indicated at line 5 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6, a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view showing the tear-off blade in its foremost position after the stationery has been stripped from the register pins; and Fig. 7, a view similar to Fig. 6 but showing the tear-01f bar returned to latched position and the stationery strips advanced to a point where they may be gripped by hand for manual extraction.

In the embodiment illustrated, A designates a casing provided with a platen A, a skeleton cover A, and a rear door A B, a removable tray for record forms; and C, initial feeding and aligning mechanism.

In the embodiment illustrated, the casing A may be in the form of a box formed of plastic stationery strips.

material or sheet metal having its side walls joined by a fiat platen member A.

A skeleton sheet metal frame A surmounts the side walls of the casing and makes a pivotal connection with a rear door A which may be swung upwardly to permit a packet of stationery to be inserted in the supply compartment of the machine. A leaf spring 8 is provided on the door A and presses lightly on continuous-form sta- 10 tionery strips 9 as they pass from the supply compartment over the platen A.

A carbon holding bar 10 is suitably anchored near the rear of the platen and serves to hold a sheet of carbon in interleaved relation with the The carbon may be readily replaced by raising the door A and securing a fresh sheet of carbon to the holding bar Hi. It will be understood that each of the form lengths of stationery is provided with register perforations to be engagedby the register pins of the feeding mechanism.

It is unnecessary to provide any permanent partition between the bottom of the casing and the platen but the casing is divided into two compartments by the tray B which is slidably supported on hangers II which may, if desired, be formed integrally with the platen A. The tray B is provided at its front end with a cowl-like extension l2 which serves as a closure for the upper front portion of the casing and as a guide for directing severed record forms into the tray beneath the platen. If desired, the tray may be provided with a pair of upwardly extending pins [3 to engage perforations in the record form and hold them securely in position in the event that the register is carried around. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the extreme front portion of the tray is provided with an off-set finger piece M to facilitate withdrawal of the tray.

The feeding and aligning mechanism C is designed so as not to interfere with the withdrawable tray and to enable the slot for admitting the record forms to be positioned directly beneath the platen A. The mechanism has a 5 tear-off blade l5 which has two downwardly extending legs H; which are pivotally connected to the casing at H. Each of the legs is provided at its upper end with a slot l8 which is formed by striking a portion of the metal inwardly to form a stud l9 for a spring. A pair of register pins 20 project downwardly from the underside of the tear-off bar so as to engage perforations in the stationery strips 9 drawn forwardly over the platen.

A stripper member or bail 2| extends through the slots l8 beneath the tear-off bar, extends downwardly and then inwardly as indicated at 22 to make a lost motion connection with slots 23 in the side walls of the casing. A pair of tension springs 24 connect the portions 22 of the bail tercepted by the register pins 26.

to the studs [9 on the tear-off bar and thereby urge the bail upwardly and also draw the tear-off bar backwardly into the latched position shown in Fig. 3. A pair of forwardly extending fixed hooks 25 are provided on the front of the skeleton cover A and are engaged by the top shoulder portions of the bail so as to latch the tear-off blade in normal tearing position. The slots 23 permit the bail to move down slightly as the device is moved into latching position. It will 1 be understood that the bail also serves to limit the forward travel of the tear-off bar as shown in Fig. 6.

A finger piece 26 is pivotally secured to the top of the tear-off bar by means of a U-shaped bracket 21 and a plunger 28 extends through a hole in the tear-off blade into engagement with the stripper-member or bail 2i. The plunger is secured to the rocker member 26 by means of a stud 29 extending through a slot 30.

The operation of the register will be readily understood. After a set of forms have been filled in and the mechanism is arranged as shown in Fig. 1 the operator merely presses the finger piece 25 forwardly as far Upon release of the finger piece the tear-off bar will snap back into the position shown in Fig. 7 and the operator may grasp the ends of the as it will go, bringing'fze .the tear-ofi bar to the position shown in Fig. 6.

strips and draw them outwardly by hand untilSO the perforations in the next set of forms are in- An upward jerk will then sever the forms along the front tear-off bar of the blade l5,

It may be noted that as the rocker member 26 is moved forwardly it depresses the stripper member and unlatches the tear'off blade for forward movement. As the blade swings forwardly the stripper member gradually pull the strips down off of the pins 20 pletely disengaged when the bar reaches its foremost position and is stopped from further movement by the stripper bar. As shown in Fig. 5 the central portion of the stripper bar is bowed f downwardly as indicated at 3| is bowed downwardly when being stripped from the pins and after being released will not reengage as the bar and stripper move rearwardly.

The foregoing detailed description has been 73 so that they are com-" so that the paper given for clearness of understanding only as modifications will be obvious to those skilled in the art,

I claim:

1. Initial feed mechanism for register comprising: a tear-off the lower front portion of the register; register pins extending downwardly from the under side of said bar; and means for stripping stationery strips from said pins automatically when the... bar reaches the forward limit of its travel. v

2. Initial feed mechanism for an autographic register comprising: a tear-off bar pivoted to the lower front portion of the register; .register pins extending downwardly from the under side,

an autographic bar pivoted to of said bar; means for latching the bar in its normal tearing position; and means for stripping stationery strips from said pins automatically when the bar reaches the forward limit of its travel.

3. Initial feed mechanism for an autographic register comprising: atear-off bar pivoted to the lower front portion of the register; register pins extending downwardly from the under side of said bar; and a stripper-member pivoted to the casing and extending across the under side of the tear-off bar adjacent to said pins, said stripper serving to limit the forward travel of said bar and strip stationery strips from the pins as the pins reach their advanced position.

4. Mechanism as specified in claim 3, in which the stripper-member makes lost motion connections with the register casing and tear-off bar, hook are provided on the casing to engage said member to latch the tear-off bar in normal tearing position, and springs are connected to said stripper-member and tear-01f bar so as to urge the bar rearwardly into releasable latched position.

5. Mechanism as specified in claim 3, in which the stripper-member makes lost motion connections with the register casing and tear-off bar, hooks are provided on the casing to. engage said member to latch the tear-off bar in normal tearing position, a finger piece pivotally mounted on the top of the tear-off bar so as to depress the stripper member and unlatch said bar when rocked forwardly; and springs are connected to said stripper-member and tear-off bar so as to urge the bar rearwardly into releasable latched position.

6. Initial feed mechanism for an autographic register comprising: a tear-ofi bar pivoted to the lower front portion of the register; register pins extending downwardly from the under side of said bar; and means for releasably latching the bar in tearing position, for limiting its forward travel, and for stripping stationery strips from said pins when the bar is swung to its foremost position,

7. Mechanism as specified in claim 6, in the stripper means comprises a bail which makes pivoted lost motion connections with the register casing and tear-off bar, and said bail has a downwardly bowed portion near said pins to prevent the stationery forms from being reengaged by the pins after being stripped therefrom,

8. Mechanism as specified in claim 6, in the stripper means comprises a bail which makes pivoted lost motion connections with the register casing and tear-01f bar, and a pair of springs are connected to said bail and tear-off bar so as to urge the bar rearwardlyand the bail upwardly into latching position. I 9. An autographic register comprising: a .casing having a fixed top closure forming a platen; a separate removable tray in said casing serving as a partition between the lower supply compartment and an upper record compartment; and feeding and aligning mechanism for initially advancing stationery strips from said supply compartment over said platen.

10. An autographic register comprising: a casing divided by a removable tray into a lower supply compartment and an upper record compartment; a platen forming a top closure for said record compartment; and feeding and aligning mechanism comprising ,a forwardly swinging tear-off bar hinged to the lower front of said casing, and provided with downwardly extending register pins to engage perforations in stationery led over the platen.

BERNARD A. SCHROEDER. 

